The Open Door and World Peace
By Editor
FOR the present, diplomacy seems to have gained a triumph in the matter of the "open door" policy of trade in China. What a glorious thing it would be if every dispute in this world could be settled good-naturedly by arbitration, rather than by resorting to arms! All those who truly submit to the Prince of Peace will have their difficulties settled by Him in that way. But, no matter what the beliefs or hopes of any may be in regard to the triumphs of arbitration in the affairs of this wicked world, we know from the sure Word of God that the conditions of strife and turmoil and war will grow worse and worse, until the nations of the whole world, driven on by the furious impulses of demons, will make their wild rush for the great and final battle of Armageddon. We pray for the success of the great-hearted men who are doing all they can by peaceful measures to stay the tide of evil and murderous war that is pressing like a furious storm upon the world. They are instruments of God in doing this work. But their success will not be in the final settling of peace upon this world of evil impulses; that good time of peace is reached by the second coming of Christ, at which time all evil will be destroyed, and all who persist in wrong-doing will have to perish with their wrongs. The Lord is certainly using statesmen now to hold these evils in check, as already stated. It is all for the purpose of giving men a chance to repent and get ready for the great consummation of all things, which is right at hand; and after this work that these statesmen are now doing is fully accomplished, it is our earnest prayer that they may have their eyes so fully open to the perils of this time that they will see that their only hope is in the sheltering hand of Jehovah, and, ere it is too late, they may make sure that their bark is anchored in His secure harbor. THE reports of the suffering from famine in India still continue to come in. Most harrowing accounts of the destitution and distress in Puerto Rico are also reaching us. Added to these is the wail of hungry men and women that is coming from those who are destitute of food in Hawaii. These are but a few of the beginnings of the great distresses that will sweep this whole world in these last days. Satan is seeking to ruin every one in all the earth, but the Lord has provided a shelter for all who will seek it. In these times of peril, are you in the harbor that is sheltered by the omnipotent hand of Jehovah? THE law passed by the Chickasaw Indian nation providing that white men must pay a license fee of $1,000 to marry Chickasaw Indian girls, went into effect on March 26. The law also provides that the white man who is a candidate to marry a Chickasaw girl, must prove that he is of good moral character. ALL the talk of planets in certain positions affecting persons and the world, is astrological nonsense. God rules over all. His power still controls the heavens. Read Isaiah 40, and be comforted. A BRITISH cruiser has been ordered to Taku, China. The reported reason for this action is that the country around Tien-tsin is greatly disturbed, and a British missionary has been killed. RABBI ISAAC M. WISE, who was probably the most distinguished leader in the Reformed Jewish Church, died at his home in Cincinnati on March 26.